In Punjab, the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal won the bypoll to Khadoor Sahib Assembly seat, with party candidate Ravinder Singh Brahmpura defeating his nearest rival Independent candidate Bhupinder Singh by a margin of 65,664 votes.
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In Telangana, TRS candidate won the Medak assembly seat by a margin of 53,600 votes.
Congress candidate P Sanjeeva Reddy polled 39,451 votes while M Vijaypal Reddy of TDP got 14,787 votes in the constituency, considered a Congress bastion. BJP candidate Kapil Dev Aggarwal beat Samajwadi Party’s Gaurav Swaroop in Muzaffarnagar, keeping up pace with “Modi wave” which seems still intact.
It is argued that the party has lost despite a “sympathy wave” in favour of it since its legislators in the three constituencies were all sitting members of the assembly. The SP’s Anand Sen Yadav, a former minister in the BSP government, won in Bikapur. The last day of voting was on Saturday when moderate voting was recorded in the three constituencies of UP which went to polls – Deoband, Muzaffarnagar and Bikapur.
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Congress candidates Mavia Ali on Tuesday won the Deoband bypoll elections in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The BJP edged out the main opposition Congress to take the second spot.
